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Aquatic Fukushima Radiation Plume to Reach West Coast in 2014
2013-08-29 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: By March of 2014 a strongly diluted plume of ocean water containing radionuclides from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident in Japan will reach the west coast of North America, according to a new study published in the journal Deep-Sea Research 1. However, the plume, which contains cesium-137, is so diluted it will be harmless, according to the report, which cites the power of two energetic currents off the Japan coast -- the Kuroshio Current and the Kurushio Extension -- as the primary drivers...
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